The Sun. — London, England, 1826-09-04 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC ..TOURNAIS. From the actual stifferings which had long been occa sioned by the_ Corn Laws, and the general Spirit of dissa tisfaction and resentment which so ill advised en inter ference with the supply of food had every where stirred throughout the country; it Was not to be. doubted that Ministers would feel anxious to seize the first favourable moment that presented itself,Thr cenciNmti„g the middle and lewer orders of the natiel l , he some attempt at relief upon this most important subject. 'the parched season and the dread of senie. : ;ty-'- have furnished the opportunity required. But it : i s plain that a temporary end detaehed relaxation °l * ".,'ne, as that which the Order in Council ha., affect e d, would neither meet the whole of the evil, e.e.;. secure the Government itself from a return of ex trexie uneasiness in cases which might hereafter combine, as at present, a Snapension of commerce with a dearth of bread, unless some plan for the admission of regular and pertnaoent Irons 'foreign countries, should he not only digested hut established, on ti due censideratioo of all the interests Which ere involved in the growth, the intro duction,` and' consumption of cont..' We have in conse quence good reason to believe, that the adodisiou Of foreign, oats, &C., under the recent order, is meant by Ministers us preliMinary only to a. more certain, lasting, and extensive measure; It is stated that the early 11/teeting of Parlia ment is not reused by the desire of innemnity moue, but will be Made the Occasion of proposio a law for the per manerit'admission of all..deseriptiona of grain feorn fiireign countries into England. We tins!, that 6'o information is accurate in this respect, and the,; ; the plain and** method will be resorted to of tiotite' t ‘okie duty . to the amount of I2s. or 15a., on payment, of which, or Of others 1n propor tion, for produce of inferior value, wheat and all other kinds of grain may iiiNly.fiNy and frecy be imported.-1 'bun. We are diartessed to learn the state to which our bre thren in 0);(1' good cause, the-poor Spanish Patriots, : Ite. ! fugecs it'. this country, are reduced by a delay or suspensiou, partly - we trust an accidental one, in the payment of that little. stipend which they have hitherto received from the efaripassionate bounty of Government, and unquestionably with the free concurrence of every manly mind in the king dom. It is not in the way of complaint that the fact has been communicated to us; hut still we fear it is 11 lila, that the Monthly disbursement due on the 2iYth of August, a fortnight ago, has not yet found its Way to these unhappy exiled. 1e: believe, moreover, that, they have not been eppilied of any day on which the anent will he paid up. When it is recollected that these poor creatures exist, but " from hand to mouth," and that twenty-route hours' delay of i'donation'wlo,Ch constitutes their sole earthly depend ence, may be the. cause of their perishing through hunger, little more, we hope, need he said to remind the proper officers, how much of human misery may be saved by a moderate share of ulertness on their parts in the discharge of an urgent and most grateful duty. We Mean no reflee tion, on any individual. The Spanish penhirmets, from WO to 600 in number, express VI/Hrili gratitude in many in . stanceS to the' . persons under Government who are brought into contact with them by their official }Unctions; but these deserving people have claims indefe as ibl e u p on En g l a nd , and must not be left to starve:—.lbid. Oar readerti will see from an account of some proceed ingi at 'the Witiborne Petty Siessions, Dorsetshire, with what jealousy t h e unPaid view all attempts to .give pub licity to their .iiroceeditigs. We call easily conceive the Consternation 4 their Worships when they found that a Reporter ',vas amongst them taking notes, and we can also make allowance for their wish ; that the knowledge of their transactions should be confined to a few. They can form a shrewd peels that they would by , no means be gainers by publicity, and they, therefore, are very naturally opposetho :it. We may lay it doveo as e rule, that whenever men wish to shroud their actions in dark nes , i„ they arc conscious that they will tint hear the light. We are all of us sufficiently anxious to have the utmost ,pub licity given to what is likely to redound to: our bon* tw. c t edit. No man is the enemy of I as flObbes obSesves, till truth is against him. But the very eireutnstance of the hostility of the Magistrates every. where to, publicity proves its absolute necessity. In the present- state of the law, they are absolute within certain limits; they:may commit all manner of acts of petty oppression, without subjecting themselves to re . - sponsibility. , Public opinion is the only available check on them.. It is allowed on all handl, that, without, pub licity; we. could have no security for the pure administra tion of justice ; hut how.much more necessary is publicity in these obscure. Courts than in the , Supreme Courts! In the latter: the: Judges are observed by an intelligent Bari interested ,in detecting any partiality or departure from lani ; but in Courts of Petty Sessions, the Magi strates 800 no persons near them, of whom they stand in any. ,awe,' They know that the poor creatures .brought before them have not the necessary measure of knowledge to enable them to challenge .their decisions, even if they tirst, Though we are. by no means astonished that Magistrates should wish to, exclude Reporters, ,we confess we are not a little astonished at the unblushing effrontery with *Welt these men dare, in the face of an enlightened nation like ,this, to arrogate to themselves a power, so utterly irreconcileable with every principle of justice. We are, astonished that they dare, in such an unequivocal manner; to say to the nation, we know that our deeds will not bear the light of day . we are fond of the plea sure of tyrannizing it in a lawless manner, over the poor wretches in our respective neighbourhoods—keeping each other in eountemtnce, end aiding each, other in the unhal lowed work—and we would allow no Reporter to appear among us, because the dividgation of the cases of oppres sion might he inconvenient to indiiidnal Magistrates. We know thatpublicityis ewsential to the pare administration of justice ; but we do not wish a pure tohninistration of jus tice, but such an administration its will be most convenient to ouiselvests will enable Us to gratify our inclinations, and indulge our passions, without having any thing to ap prehend from diselosure.—Morning Chroniele Although the determination of the 0.-overnment to npittn the ports on the payment of certain duties for the impitttation of such grain, time crops of which have principally failed in this country at the last harvest, was only announced in the ernzetfir of Friday, still we received many eommtmi ittiollll from the country last night, indieative of the satis faction that had been experienced in consequence of the adoption of this meitstire. Indeed the more the snhject in all its bottling% 10 eonsidered, the more grateful must the mintry feel towards' Ministers for the promptionle with which they have acted, The advicee of last night only show what we have to expect from all parts of the country as to the feelings of the' people ; and we are 'convinced thatr with the exception of the few senseless advocates for exploded doctrines in the ititoito Of polities; the measure in question wil l 4 hWuhe universal joy t hrOughout the nation. Those who were so reedy to twit - Mr. Litiskishon in not system , with the trade in'eorn commencing his free-trade must now see that it was not want of 'nerve, but comm. , mate prudence, that led that gentleman into the path he took. At the period this system was wormed to Par liament, probably the. most-powerful bony in the country was .unconvinced of the mischivous tendency ofi tbe.Cor n Laws. Discussion, and the ;powerful reasooing of th e President of the Board of , Trade, -have done notch to alter the opinions of many of the Inem. htrsnf that i hotly, ami d even had that not been the case, the delay his taken war; intended o ' l l l l l one of their most powerful arguments, that this t - Z1 the Corn Trade, under any regulations, WI y • as an attack on the agrieniturat interest ; whereas now they see prisetiCally that this is only to make part of a A rre tem which is in actual operation. lint we ha ve reason to have undergone a believe, that the Minds of agriculturists , considernblO clump on the subject of the Corn Laws; but, whether that had been the cast or not, believing that Mr. Iluskisson and hi stronger :reason for we have mu_clat colleagues would not have shrunk from the ir duty by an at tempt at compromise nit till* point of paramount impor. - tance in their inn-restrictive ve Vherne. The last act of the ir Administration bears as out in the assertion. They are supportei by lie, mutnimona..voiee of the nation; they kno w th a t, and, ItiOliftitleterebilenta and integrity, they h„ hilly ttiOrloo t larsio...T.Oriiists Press. POIACE II••*STELLIGEI•TC:g. 111ANSION-11017SE.— i'hoMas Smith, a waterman, way charged by James Goinnan With demanding more than hiA fare, and making use of abusive language, on Wednesday evening last. The cotnplalitatit stated that lie was a printer, and that he went with A party on Wednesday last on hoard a steam-vessel, on an excursion to the Nore, the profits of which excursion were to be Applied to the relief of the distreaked printers rot' of employ. On disk return home, of the Ottsoet.littuse, the complainant's party, vonsisting of eight penCils, hired the defendant's boat, and .breeted him to tint them on shore at billingsgate-stairs, and they I.:0e him two shillings for his fare—the distance not. being a , incdred yards. The defendant, however, was not satisfied, but leinandeil four shillings, and because they refused to give it birn w abused thein, and t•iiseri a mob about them at the stain., and their being Wine fenudei of the party, the complainant to prevent !nrther annoyance paid the other two shillings, at the 'ante time telling the defendant that he would summon hint before the Lord Mayor. the defendant now insisted that he had a right to foUr " tor," *aid he, " they would not go ashore at the regular ita4rg, but they me& me row them all the way up to Billings ate.staira." The Lord Mavott.—Sir, what do you mean by all the way op to Billingsgate-staire? Yon are, I dare ray, not aware that I hap pened to he on the river at the time this vetaid came in, and from where she lay, I know the distance varied hut little from one Aaire to the other. . . The complainant stated, that he directed the Matt to put tnem ishore at Billingsgate, merely laicatisi there were so many boats► at !ho other stairs. The defereknt, finding his first point had failed hint, now laid that the whole party was drunk, and that he had enough to In, to keep then► front falling into the river, and that one of them did fall in. The complainant declared that it was utterly false, and that all the party were perfectly sober, The Leith Mavon. told the defendant he was only aggravating offence, " because," said his Lordship, " I was in the Water , boat, unknown to you, and I accompanied this vessel 111)111 lihickwall, and I saw the whole of the passengers disembark into the wherries, and I ant certain there was not a drunken person attiongst them ; in fact, " 1 never saw a more decent or orderly o.et of people than theme were." . , • 'The defendant, finding bito , elf again foiled, muttered in a sort qf impudent, sulky tone, " What is my fare? Ido not know what it is." The Loan MAYOR—You know what your faro is to cross the • :The Defendant—No, I don't. The LORD MAYOR—lndeed! pray how loo t ; !owe yon been a wournan? Pefendant—Sixtern years, but I never ie.el any Act of Payne tn*nt that fixed the price of crossing the river The Loan MAYOft—But some other persons have read - it to yoh, or told you or it. The defendant then admitted that he had heard something of an old Statute of George the First. ;The Loan MAYOa—Your fare to cross the river is two-pence, and the distance you carried the party is not one-third the width the river, and would not occupy you five minutes, and they g.4re you two shillings.. • - The Defendant,--But then we ought to he paid something for . 1)1 danger of going alongside these steam-boats. iThe Loan MAYOR—There is no danger in going alongside of It is you watermen who create the danger by your conten iMs with vial other. ,The defendant muttered in an insolent manner something else abOnt danger, and his having been abused, and that if he had gone toithe other stairs he might have got another fare, until at length the Lord Mayor fined him lb shillings. He declared that he had no money to pay it, and asked for time ; his Lordship refused to gife him any time, and he ins loCkcd up. , ITheloin Mayne, Afterwards caned the complainant, and told hips, that the subscription,' for these poor printers was a very hohlahle one, and that he had directed 101. to he sent towards it, and he had also mentioned it to the Sheriffs, who had, or would ,s•od 'it each, in aid of it. .Carpenter, the confectioner in Fleet .tCect, again presented himself before Mr. A lderman BROWN, on Sstortisy to obtain' a •summons egniu l t a Mr. Pitt, anti also spidost his wife. Ile stated, that upon ins return home ott ilk* flout this justice-rump. he foutat his wits load arrived befute. imp,. awl miler:tett a mob of about 200 luttsons about his shop,. Withio there was Mr. Pitt. and his wife turning every thing up ,ide down. Mr. Pitt had pushed down his eldest daughter Susan, about 17 yeiira old, and also his maid-servant.• As to his wife, he could nut live in the same place with her, for• she was so violent, he considered his. life in danger•. If he was kind to her and kissed her in the morning, she would .spit in his face in return. • Alderman BROWN inquired what act of violence she hid cointriitted . sinee the preceding afternoon? Mr. Carpenter said, she had pushed his children itbont, and created an uproar about the premises. bit. Alderman Thto you shall have a summons against Mr. Pitt; lint, I cannot learn from you that your wife hae done any thing to call for my interposition. At the time you married her, you admit you were corresponding with a young woman who was pregnant by you; and a roan who leads an im moral life roust expect the pains of it to come home to him some day or other. Mr. Carpenter kaid, that Inci wife was aware •of the affair with eke young woman when he married her; and as to his immora lity, he had lived lb years with his first wife in the most credita ble way. Ills present wife hail commenced her misconduct with- fortnight of their union. As to his h ►►ving an eye to her pro- • petty, ha would prove that he might have married one lady, with as Many thousands as his wife had hundreds of pounds,.or another with three times her fortune; hut she came into his shop, and kissed alt his children with such seeming affection, and so many expressions of kindness, that Suisan exclaimed, as soon as her hark 'mil turned, " Thars the wo►man, father, Co he a good mother to 'Us," and nil the children were quite enraptured with her. lie married ber, therefore!, not for her fortune, hut be- ranee she was the choice of , his young ones, thinking there was it greater rheum of happiness in according with their unanimous selection, than in choosing is partner according to his own notions . of fitness. 'Elie Alderman interrupted him with a hint that he had already disclosed too much of his domestic history to the public. Mr. Carpenter.—l wish not'io keep it out of newspapers, and if the reporters will call upon me, they shall have the whole par- tieulin9, from the beginning ; it would make an interesting talt4 'that would draw blood 'from the heart of a stone, if it had blood in it. , Mr. Alderman linowti.--.Your case may he a mournful one, but there are people who will glory hi their shame, and there core I am not surprised at what I have just heard ; but I must tell you that you haVe admitted circumstances that are discre ditable to you. I have head your application, and granted you a summons. Mr. Carpenter edged in one other circumstance, namely, that he had let his shop, and was therefore now at liberty to live and sleep where he pleased, :tud had thus dekated his wile's in tention of annoying him With her preseues• through the day and night. • • HATTON-GARDEN.—Snturtlay a smooth, spruce Irishman, named Timothy Sullivan, was brought up woke a warrant for assaulting James Oakee, a furniture broker. The complainant stated, that about three weeks ago be went into the Rising Sun public-house, Charlton-street, Somersetown, to get Rome refreshment; whilst sitting in the parlour, the de fendant, who was sitting at an opposite table, very politely ten det,ed him the pot, and asked him to drink. He tbanktal ,hire, not asked leave to propose a toast to the company, upstanding and uncovered, with three times three----" Our, moat gracious Sove reign Lord, King George." He had no so o n er mad'' th is an nonocereent than a general buzz of disapprobation arose with the ,lefeneant'e party, and Mr. TiMothy Sullivan in particular refused ' to drink it, and roared out in a voice of thunder, "13yJ—, I my -1 ' self likes the female part better, so I'll give ye Queen Caroline, and long life to her though she's dead, may. God rest her soul in 1 .1 1 . ( 6 7,1 1 -" Mr. Oakes now saw there was a disposition amongst the aiiiPtnkrZtni7tilt;)eiti.aslliiii::ltthuepon politics , their 'national clutracteristie, (1 . feeling that the odds Were against hint, he thought it quite as question, and make his exit in ti W hole n _ . . il '' lust remarked in a placid tone, " Any man that ho , , itriii n hie u . !,: sio ,: n a ' T lnet, 11:1: 1 1 , h s ite lun z i fi ld .ttos p i a :ll y litiv r a es n pet i t d t h tl s l i r ar ty King iai ft in n t t t i l e te at t: l 7 l. t . , ru r. (;lakes, to e e ,,„„ iii .. t ....;, , after having drank off his beer, was about d rAwn away, h a e , ea t:, not perceiving that the chair had been ground with his heels upwards. unbecoming either titan :e ll'i r hh'vu'le to be the promoter of tl ' ir d ' lind he told, Sullivan, who appeared col high upon thii, 'and witl t i freak, that it was conduct ,°. ,14 . ;The blood of Sullivan mount conflict then became so hot, th upon complainant's h ea d ti:trhaagit thornstick he inflicted a blow t i l*ght him to the ground. The with blood, effeeted hi e " we. 4 Nor ciakes, his head streaming Tim's defence was short and pithy ; 'h ll ,,,„1„, .;,1 that ha gave the complainant " a small tap ott the h: d -:-..7 s---, '.' to teach him better manners in future." For which kind wuutiou, observed mr. `Sergeant Smolt, you must now find bail, and I would recora mead you to let politics alone henceforward. Mary Smith and Margaret Johnson were charged with robbing Mr. Winter, a pluMber, residing in Pentonville, of a silver watch, Chain, and sera, value 10/., about I I o'clock on Friday night, in Gray's-Inn-lane.' The prosecuteir stated, that. he was on his way home from Sydenham, when; in passing that part of Gray's-inn lane, where sonic houses are being rebuilt, he was met by the two . prisoners, one of whom, - Johnson, struck him a violent blow on the stomach, and, at the same moment, snatched, the watch and. seats from his fob which she transferred to Smith. He instaiitly jumped forward, and seized the two, calling " watch;" and with considerable succeeded in holding them, until the arrival of the watchthan. . Perry, a watchnian, heard the cry of watch, and found Mr. Winter struggling with the two prisoners, whom he charged with robbing him. lie took them to the watch house, where shortly after the watch and appendages were brought., by a person who bad found them on the spot where the struggle took pike. Jamey Scrivens, a fishmonger, said that he passed during the struggle, and saw the prisoner Smith stooping to the ground. At that moment the watchman came up then i drat a nto sto b t e n r i yh ( 4 l,i d ' c w oi l n ie n n yi t h te e d ( , v'hiett6s) un borrowed I l e u r i st t O ft o o c k l a light from a neighbouring shop, and searched the spot where Smith had stooped, and behind a board connected with the building under repair, found the watch anti seals concealed. • The prisoners denied the charge, but were fully com mitted. - • QUEEN-SQUARE.—Ok Saturday, litiehaa Collins and Hugh Hastings, drummers in his Majesty's Ist Regiment 'of Foot Guards, charged with robbing Edward Rhind of a sovereign. and sixpence, were brought up for final examination. John Griffiths, a shopinan of the Prosecutor's was the only witness examined ; but he only proved as to being with the pro secutor on the evening in question, at the Grapes public-house, in St. Martin's lone, where they had something to drink, and that he (witness) paid for it. Both prisoners protested their innocence: they were committed to Newgate tier trial. Graham, the girl remanded from last Tuesday, charged with obtaining linen from Mr. Hatchard's, of 45, Hollywell street, Westminster, under pretence of being sent by the laundress for it to Wash, underwent a final examination, and was fully com mitted for WOKS -STREET.—On Saturday George Stingay, re mantled front the preceding week, on a charge of stealing a quan tity of apples, and a sack of potatoes, wasbrOught before Mr. Twv rortn,,for re-examination. _ 4 It appeared that for sotne time past, the grounds of Mr. Smith, a farmer residing at Edmonton, having been plundered to a great extent, during the night time, he placed one of his men on 4he watch, in order, if possible, to discover the depredators ; and the following is the singular account given by that person, Thomas 'Nitre, an Irish labourer, of the manner in which he detected the prisoner. Between the hours of two and three in the morning, he repaired to a lane leading from Edmonton to Islington, and having ascer tained from a watchman, named May, what carts were in the habit of posting that way, and requested leave to sit in his box, intimating at the same time the purpose he had in view. The oratehman consented, ' and Taaffe stationed himself in' the box. When the watchman passed, calling the hour of three, he informed Taaffe that two carte were then coming up the lane, and he then went on towards the turnpike, calling the hour. • One of the carts presently afterwards came opposite the watch-box, and the prisoner got out of it with the bag of apples, produced and brought them to the box, wocre he called out some name, (what name the wit ness could not recollect, but it appeared to him to be that of the watchman), saying, " Here, take this," and placed the apples in the box. That cart having paseed on, 11 second (Mr. Smith's) arrived, and the man who was driving it gave front it the sack of potatoes to the prisoner, which he carried and placed by the side of the apples. The prisoner then went en, and the witNp followed, and with the assistance of the watchman took him into custody, Mr. Comou'ise, the Magistrate before whom the case was heard in the that imitative, asked May • the watchman, what ex .planation he could give of that part of the transaction Which a tieeted high May declared that he had no knowledge whatever of the pro readings of those persons, and he begged to observe, that if he had been connected with them, he might have cautioned .them instead of giving notice of their approach to the witness, for he came up the lane in the same direption. He had been resident many years in the parish of Islington, he said, as a watchman, and nothing could be alleged against him. Some of the Islington parish officers, who were present, spoke very favourably of the watchman. • Mr. Ossonnir said, that singular as • the circumstances were, it would he going ton far to condemn the Watchman upon a mere something said by the prisoner;' and he obserVed, certainly, had the watchman been in any way concerned, he might have given them notice of the purpose for which the man Taaffe, was in waiting. . On Saturday, there was no further evidence to prove a felony, but the prisoner was committed for two months under the Police Act. • THAMES POLICE OFFICE.—On Saturday a young wo man, who gave her name as Mury Byng, was brought before Captain RICHRILLL by Mitchell tho Thames officer, charged with attempting to drown herself on the previous evening. Mitchell stated, that he and Fox were going their rounds in a boat, and after they had passed ,Under Waterloo-bridge, he per ceived a boat coming towards them, in which there appeared a woman and a Waterman in about two minutes after he first ob. served the boat, he saw the feMale leap into the water, and he also saw the waterman catch hold of her clothes, and was endeavour ing to save her ; he then rowed up, and found the waterman struggling with her, and it was with the greatest difficulty that he was able to get her into his boat, and when he did, she got into the moat alarming hysterics, so much so, that he thought she would have died. lie then conveyed her to the watchhouse in Strand-lane, for the purpose of having her sent to the workhouse; but the constable not being able to .do so until morning, and from her condition, her chthes being wet, and she alternately falling from one hysterie,fit into another, he was apprehensive that she would would not survive until morning. He therefore removed her on board the Portmahon (Thames Police ship), stationed op posite the Arundel-stairs, Where he got her put to bed and her clothes dried. Fox, a water Ma n, stated that on Friday evening, about seven o'clock, he w as c onveying a fare as far Lambeth, and just as he was pushing off his boat for the purpose of returning, the prisoner hailed him. He asked her where she was going to; she replied only aerosa the water as far as Waterloo stairs. While iu the boat, she began to talk very incoherently, frequently mentioning the name of Peck, and.nsked him did he know Francis Peck, 'who lodged it NO. 2, Off-lane, Strand. He said he did not. Sht observed, it wius no matter. She then took off her bonnet, and laid it in the bottom of the boat. He inked her what the was about. She made him no answer, but looking steadfastly at him, inlnPed into the water. He then caught bold of her by the clothes, and struggled desperately, and were it not for the timely assistance of Mitchell and: his companion, she would have been inevitably drowned, as he was so exhausted in endeavouring to prevent her sinking that he should have been obliged to have let her go. Ito further stated, that after he had assisted to put her into Mitchell's boat, he w ent to Off- lane, 'Anil inquired for Peck, he was not at !ionic ; he there stated what had happened, and he understood that the prisoner had been living with Peek for th e s e thlee yearspast, hut'th a t in c o nseq u e nce of sonic jealous fit, they were separated this fortnight hack. Mitchell said, that she was a merried woman, but that she had been ?separated from her husband these seven years. He is a re. spectable waterman, mid keeps a public,homet in Westminster; ht saw him that morning, and told him of the situation in which his wife was. Ile said he would have nothing to do with her ; she left hint seven yeere ago, .arid on Ong away, bad robbed him of. SU, which at that time had nearly ?educed him to beggary - . Captain Hiehbell endeavoured to unpreis on her the enormity of the sin she had been about to commit, and observed What her guilty condu c t had b roug h t h er to. She appeared greatly agitated, denied 'having robb e d h er bus baml, and acrua e d him of having treated her b a dl y . She said she had neither food nor s h elter for three days back, and lif e had be come a burden to her. Captain RicWien said, he should send her to her, parish. Ilow ever, Alitchell informed him that Peck, the man with whom she had lived, was in the office, and V 1414 wtxieas to take her back a gain, all, their little differences had been made up.' sift C l 'a n c g ta h i t n i d c i h 4e b h el ar l ! a n t i t; i o ie ul s d au n i p e t : i t:mil her, lift she had chosen. reproliating the line of and therefore UNION-11ALL.—:-O n &duality a ruffiauly fellow named Gard ner, who described himself a dog-fancier, vi,is brought up others on suspici on o f h av i ng coromited a highway robbery , w hich charge, however, wa s not prove d a g a i ns t hi m to t h e tiatisfs, c tiou of the Magistrate, the individual robbedhaving beenunable Positively to swear to his person. He was therefore about to he discharged, when Harris the officer said that he held a warrant against him for i committing a very desperate assault on the person of a Mr. lloWard Rice. The complainant in this case having been called, on presenting himself, exhibited one side of his face - to the view of the Magistrate ; it was very much mtitilated, in consequence of a blOw given by the prisoner with such force as to fracture the cheek.bone in two places. He proceeded to state, that on Tuesday last; as he was sitting in the parlour of his brother's house at Ber mondsey,' he heard the noise of two dogs fighting in the street. On going out and perceiving that his dog was _engaged in a contest with that of the defendant's, a large mastiff, he (the witness) proceeded to separate them, and while in the act, the owner .of the strange dog ran up. and without saying one wood, struck him a blow with such violence under the left eye as to fracture the cheek-bone in two places, and render his face deforthed for the rest of his days. The force with which the ,blow was given completely took his senses away, and his life was Considered in a precarious state fit some time on account of the hemorrhage from his nose and mouth. The complainant added; that on committing this ferocious assault the prisoner made his escape, and was not heard of again in the neighbourhood of Bermondsey, until his apprehension on , suspicion of highway robbery. The prisoner, who has frequently been brought up to this office on charges of felony, declared that he was struck in the first in stance by the complainant, and that he should bring forward Al derman Wood, who was an eye-witness to the circumstances, to speak to that fact. The Alagistrate observed, that he should now hold the pri soner to boil for (he assault, and strongly urged the complainant. to prosecute him at the sessions, where the former might have an opportunity of producing the worthy Alderman in his behalf to testify to his declaration of having been assaulted in the first instance. LAMENTABLE OCCURTtENCE-A LADY SHOT. ,--On Monday afternoon a most distressing accident occurred at the'country seat of Mr. John Lang, Writer, which is situated at Kirkintulloch. Mr. Lang's grandson, a little boy, 'had unfortu nately laid his hands on a loaded pistol, which Mr. Lang thought he bad deposited in a place of safety ; and, with it in his posses sion, he came to the lobby, where his cousin was standing (the lady of Mr. Wright, an Advocate, on a visit to her grandfather, from Edinburgh), who desired him to lay it down ; on which he said, " Oh, there is no danger, there is nothing in it:"' and, holding it in the direction of Mrs.. Wright, pulled the trigger, when, most melancholy to relate, the ball which the pistol con tained went through her head, and she almost instantly expired. Mr. Wright, it is said, is still in ignorance of his calamity, he being gone with a shooting party to the moors. Some accounts say that she hail her infant child in her arms at the time. She had been married only two years.— Glasgow Free Prese. , ANOTHER JONATHAN.—An occurrence, truly distressing in all its circumstances, has recently happened in Lebanon. A little girl was amusing herself upon the main wheel of a grist-mill, in which her parents resided, when her weight canoed the wheel to turn carrying her with it, until brought in contact with the ground, which, not admitting the wheel to pass over the child, stopped it. An iron fixture, projecting from the wheel, penetrated the poor little victim's thigh and hold her fast. —Her screams alarmed the father, who hastened to the spot, where imagination can best describe his feelings. It was found necessary, in order to extricate the body without further injury, to remove a part of the wheel, which occupied about an hour and a half. The unfortunate little sufferer, although literally as we are told, crushed from the breast downwards, was still sensible, and jilt no pain. She threw her arms about her fitther's neck, while confined in this distressing situation, and asked, " Am I dead, papa r The accident occurred in the afternoon, and the child died in the evening, apparently without much 'suffering, as she conversed with her friends to the last. The mother became dis tracted upon a knowledge of her daughter's situation, and has left her residence from an antipathy arising out of the dreadful recol lections which it seems to recal to her mind.—Norwick ( Con necticut) Paper. A man, who passed by the name of Strange with about 50 aliases, died on Tuesday last, at the Eight Bells, in King-street, in this city, arising' from fright. The man, it would appear, the day before, in consequence of the heat of the weather, ventured to bathe at Deal, whither he had been upon business.— In a few minutes after he was immersed in the briny element he found himself beyond his depth, and it was with difficulty ha was saved. The fright arising from this circumstance was Om-much for his nerves, and alter making the best way to his lodgings, be died. Strange had never been known to work, or to possess any " visible means" of obtaining a livelihood. After his death, how ever, some of the neighbours, hearing a something fall into a cop per in an out-house, had the curiosity to inspect it, when lo! the " visible means" of the defunct and family came to light in the shape of a parcel, containing half-crowns and shillings, to the arnnunt of 211. 108., in an unfinished state, which were taken poe. session of.—Kentish Chronicle. We arc authorized to state, in reference to the con ittioonuot f o s f x i a w bo a y li s ed o g n ar tlg n 2 l (! t th w t y d k t e.. . , it a c t g ,D is, or th eh a e t a t te h r e , e f o o lii r pl s a te in al a i i n it g , the Rev. George Chamberlains, merely stated to the Magistrates the fact of his garden having been robbed, and that every year he had to make a aimilai complaint. The constable then described the manner of his discovering the juvenile culprits, and the nightly robberies committed in the pariah. The Magistrates, after con sulting some time together, sentenced the four youngest for a week to the treadmill, and the elder boys, as old offenders, for a longer period. The Times has wickedly and maliciously misrepresented this case; and this misrepresentation has been copied into most of the other newspapers of the day. It is not true, as reported in the Times, that " the Magistrates appeared to shudder at the thought of destroying the sense of shame and the dread of a gaol in these juvenile offendera," nor did they utter a word concerning the "severity of the law," nor even hint in the mast distant man ner " their wish that Mr. Chamberlaine should withdraw the charge." The Magistrates—and three more humane and upright men do not exist—passed the sentence after the most mature de liberation upon all the circumstances of the case, and according to the act of Parliament called the Garden Act. If justices of the peace are to be perpetually subjected to the misrepresentations and invidious comments of newspaper reporters, what respectable gen tlemen will act as magistrates? There will soon be an end of the independent magistracy, to whose gratuitous services their country is at present so much indebted. But this is a part only of a deep laid plan to subvert the present system of Government in church and state. Unprincipled men and Radicals make their attack in the first place on the characters of the Clergy and of the Magi strates ; and if they can once bring the church and the laws of the land into contempt, half their views are accomplished.—Dor set Omni* EXEUUTION OF JOHN GREEN FOR BURGLARY. —At the earliest moment of the dawn on Saturday morning, the roads leading to the Castle presented groups of people hurrying to witness•the removal of this wretched man from the Castle to the city gaol. Th e fat a l eng i ne was erected upon the west f ront o f the prison early on Friday : and the executioner, Burrows ; was kept in the Governor's house the day and night previo T u l s i , e great change sil attended by n h i i i ii he lte e i e n i g u so re h e e n e ( h a eil ra l r m e a t e l i i , i g n o g h ) e a a t the awful crisis . we toceouterits condemna tion, from whirl, time he had been almost cons tantly that_ 1 the " e nt c erview was truly af ;nanUophotia' for the last time on Wednesday, an d e ; p tl e ie nit n e j e a y . . Mr. ITe 1 1 1 v Os ife ki ( ii v it e . he l is is le e f o t n l d e t i i t c h t a fi l e toge l t i l i i l e d r re w o as eisited o h f im a i f i s e e i t )t i ) n y g i t t h ie e , 1 e a r r e i i v e a w l drop ain recovered himself, the city esteitymgyatodl,rethweifiudyliy agitated inr 4 few minutes, but ec' P i rom g Wednesday to .Satur day .thatriit'hiaZonwn:iteridniggjedointhte,gvearne! and joined, as before, in prayer. been heard to .mention his day.- morning, Green h a d not th e misfortunes of orphan death, he came, to a part touching of of th h e e fat e a r l t e pr children isoh, : v but ee rv ‘ e v d h i e h n g A e f r t . re /. e i tt o o y u e tco s i : i hn o gi n n i e , a of fe t w he ho l u n t o i l l at i v: ek) o re f the h l e world under such circumstances children thrown 1 ~, li k e ly l ' l to t be, when he became again dread- arsliGreeL'S, : sees _ prayed fervently for them, and expressed a he had hitadehteteir hocolinlinmectetednowiottle. dread fully a g'` --, a-1 o e death could' be kept froM their know the justice of his sentence, but made niliscown ' f ' esrdssiol ' u i r en , sP i * t h'e i - e - enough ; I have confessed all my many else sins e : t. ot i , h f ( e .. 14 oi. : t i l t ,: t i a e r it e d ei tf l .t. l .i r e v A e tnto‘v sentence, e r l i v g e ht 0 God,t o co gc ike n ,e fe s tmh s i et m t o .eir re :l ; r(eig l ea : s e tee k n uiw i aid ; he last pert o f • . t . w itness the awful sight was very great, about which time Green t:47 .l l Fe l n ig t h lea t i2 : o h e e nn) wa ni lk getillatrvittll7a illireaftta:igtenstip,byantill'eseleti;mveed.' ren-, s dreadfully dismayed. Hi s lips appeared as if moving in silent prayer. In akw minut e , after, lie was pinioned by the hang man (during which ceremony he incessantly exclaimed, " Oh OM have mercy on me! Christ save me !") and was then led to tmlutuePhl,attabirui:i.lis Esuvierryerinthglingaphpeeiairiged-artorabengteedr,intibhmetectaipati:oedtrainwna over hi s eye% ) and having remained in prayer a few minutes, the d ro p fell, and be wait launched into eternity. Ile did not struggle moment. After hanging the usual time, the body was cut down, and delivered to a relation (we believe) who was iu waiting with a a cart..--Chester Chronicle. HOP INTELLIGENCg. AVORCYST7R, Atm. SO.—lti our market on Saturday', sixty?' pockets were weighed ; last year's, 90s. to 100 s. The pickittillio commenced,. and it is expected that there will be 100 pocket. of NeW Rops at market next Saturday. In some few places red r mould has appeared.—Our Duty is laid at S 5,0001: to 116,0001.,; treble last year 'w amount. The Hop picking has commenced in some situations in this county, and will in a few days become general. We are hapPY to state the crop is excellent in quality, and it is expected win prove most satisfactory as to quantity.—Hereford Journal- THE MARKETS. Sxr.r. 2.-Cotton continues in very steady de mand, and the total sales (including those by auction) are about 16,900 bags, viz. 230 Bowed; 5j4., 1,320 do. SP. to Old , 2,190 do. 61d. to 6P., and 120 do. 6id. to Id. ; 1,200 a leans 6d. to 74., awl 550 do. 711 to 811. ;. 60 Alabama sw! Mobile 5P., 2,530 do. SP. to 61d., and 10 do. 614. ; St )( '' Sea Island 11d. to 174. ; 400 stained do. btl. to 9d. ; 2611 Pernambuco 104. to 10. d . ; 70 Maranham NIL, 940 do. 9d to 9d., and 170 do. - 91d. ; 310 Bahia sta. to ; 2 90 Egyptian 614., 3,250, do. 634 d. to lid., and 50 do. 84. to 9d.; 30 Barbadoes 7d. ; 20 .West India.7o. to Bd. ; 260 Surat lids to sid. ; and 30 Bengal 41d. The public sales of 1,000 hid" Alahama, and 1,300 Swats yesterday, were well attended, and the former sold with spirit at previous prices : of the low 47 0 were sold at lid. to 5P..; the remainder were withdraw o for higher prices. About 1,000 bags of the above have been take:, for export, and 1,000 on speculation. The imports are onl' 7,o l 3 )lan 3b t rt a gs tio . n Sugar has been in lively demand, mi have been sold at an advance of Is. 6d. to 2s. LhEirreihghudZ East India Sugar at market; 50 puncheons old Demerara lasses gold at 275. 64. per cwt., and higher prices are now lashed- Nothing worthy of note has occurred in Coffee, Cocoa, or Gingeri 300 bags Pimento have been taken at 914. to 91d. fur ordinal . ' to 1011. per lb. for good. There has been a good inquiry Cot Ruin, and an advance of Id. to 24. per gallon has been obtaintil in some instances. The sales are shout 500 puncheons, including a few Leewards 3s. to 4s. O.P. at 2s. 24. per gallon. The sales in Dyewoods are 150 tons Campeachy Logsvood et 61.155. to 71. Os. ; 50 tons Jamaica at 5 /. 10 s. to 51. 17.. ti(i• 20 tons good solid Nicaragua Wood at 2 01 . to 211 . ; aud :15 toe , very inferior and badly chipped small, at 51. 15s. to 61 . 15$. Per ton: Madders are in good request at former prices. Holders of Madder Roots are not willing to sell at present rates ; Verona Shumac have been taken on speculation at 6s. Bd., , small lots at 7s. 6d. ; and SOO bags Sicily have brought i" u sed , per cwt. Prices of the lower kinds of Olive Oil have ot n i., 11. to 2/. per tan. , About 80 tons have been sold at seh 7 . Slewaina ; 37/. for Gallipoli ; and 35/. for Trieste. Palm Oil have been made at the advanced price of 341 , Pe r New Yellow Candle Tallow sells readily at 375. to 38 11 . per c a ' in t 400 bags Saltpetre have brought 225. 6d. to 255. per cwt. ; yid, . 50 tons Brimstone, 5/. to 5/.. ss. per ton. The sale' in Ati , d . have been rather extensive, consisting of 400 Buenos Ayres r dills, Ox and Cow, at 54. ; 1,600 ditto, price not n amed; all faults, at 4d.; 900 Valparaiso salted, at lid. 6 r vio s ' New salted, at 31d. for damaged, and 4id. for soon i n A • and York salted, 3d. ; 690 Egyptian, all faults, at 2111* to d.' o is 160 dry Brazil at qd. per lb. ; Bengal and Carat-: a; In ig selling at full prices. 1,000 bale; a F • 60 Tobacts, is in limited demand, but prices are rerY 'W I o 'loo tree. good Carolina Rice sold at 21s. to 21s. 64. pee e .r _ bags white Bengal at 19s. per cwt. Nothing done in , :n or fine-200 barrels American Tar have been disposed of et " thin, and.lBs. per brj. for good, and small lots of Baltic at . '.. 04 per,brl. The sales in Quercitron Bark are 55 libels • stin,L o „ brig. ; good Philadelphia at 12s. to los. 6d. antl2o casks; 1 0 York at Bs. to 9a. per cwt. Some considerable sales of A' re have been made both to consumers ands peculators, et a n 1141 :10 of 2s. on Montreal Pot, and Is. per cwt. on Pearl. Tbs consist of 700 brig. Montreal Pot, at 21s. to 23 5 . for old, and xelT, 6d. to 245. for new; 600 barrels Pearl , at 23.. to 255. for ( 2 ' 5) and 245. 3d. to 255. for new ; 20 brie; New Yor k Pot, tlB at 245., and 170 New York Pearl at 275. per cwt. Some considerable sales of Butter have been made 00 lion, at last week's prices ; Bacon scarce, at 66 5 , to 680. per r"' t tl y, Beef dull ; holders of Pork are looking for higher pelt" , stocks being much reduced. Imported, from the 20th August to the Ist Septetriber , siv°'-tiligar (Plantation), 1,091 128 tierces, '2 P harr ets ... 2 Ginger, 11 barrels ; Cotton, 7,033 bags ; Rum, 211 unchow" I hhd. ; Ashes (Canada), 1,645 barrels; I.ogwood , 6 0 1' i Bees-wax, 5 casks. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST Will Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Been'. " ule .;- Per Quarter. s. to a. a. to s. a. to a. a. to a• Andover.-- 32 56 29 30 22 :;t) 441 52 S. Bath 52 60 54 40 30 36 56 on 805t0n..,,...-W,.«... 48 53 30 34 20 31 43 5 ° 40 Bridgewater 63 08 36 Bristol—. 53 60 3S 44 29 SR 56 58 47 60 41 Colchester--.—.. 56. 66 26 30 21 80 !t4 40 44 Daventry 56 63 3.5 40 30 56 42 5 l 4 3 4 4 Doncaster 56 "60 30 42 26 39 44 n ;; • - Gloucester. 56 (W 36 40 26 36 si 04 - Grantham.....— 54 60 38 30 35 48 7_, Dothan).- 43 60 36 41 28 36 47 Leeds — 5 B 62 32 37 21 26 41 Leicester 6l 6.5 35 39 38 .36 52 Lincoln 52 S 7 26 341 :pn St Loughborough. r ,.— 62 38 ft/ I.outh 50 lift 10 35 24 30 46 Lynn SO (30 36 40 24 SO 46 ',„'". 6 Afarketllarboro'... 50 62 38 40 31 38 5t r ) Murpeth 48 5S 3'2 35 26 30 4 7, Newcastle 5O 59 *.d 33 9.1 32 43 Ilmns 54 61 32 &tlisbii e r y y.- 4B SR 28 SA 27 30 54 he 49 sandwich 53 65 1 5 37 30 34 ha 4$ 5heffie1d........... 54 (12 27 33 24 30 44 Shepton Mallet .. 56 60 40 44 30 36 58 Sunderland— SI 58 64 Taunton 52 60 42 44 28 32 60 he Uppingharn 58 00 36 40 50 35 50 iv y, Uxbridge 60 72 32 36 30 3 5 •-• Wakefield 47 6.5 31 40 28 35 IT • 5 - 45 61 32 36 31 37 45 14$ Winchester Yarmouth 52 58 21 28 26 28 ir s Ito York.. -- Yeovil 56 66 341 40 32 34 -"" York.. «.54 6 . 232 36 23 32 48 , e, 0 0 Per Bushel. s. d. s. d. a. d. a. d. d. s. d. I. 1 . 4 o, s - ( Birminghana—..... 74 . 84 50 60 40 46 7 6 di o , ' Bodtnln 00 00 00 fto 00 00 . 0 0 66 66 6 0 41 Buckingham.,..,.... 76 . 90 50 60 40 40 6 8 0 „'" 0 0 0 Cheltenham ~...«.. 80 00 50 00 6 (1 27 0 71„- 0 9 6 Coventry —.--,. 6 7' 4 6 54 4 6 5 6 i ", 0 0 0 Hereford .--.—. 10 0110 70 00 0 40 ',' 100 )", 0 0 Newcastle (Staff.) 941 o o 00 48 50 0 „ 1 ' 6 6 " 0 0 on A n Northallerton 70 80 50 340 46 1; 0 g 0 ‘' „ Pencil') .---.. 0 0 8 3 0 50 5 0 0 0 ,, 7, t' 0 u„ Shrewsbury 9 . 3 10 27 6 00 9 6 10 6 1 1 it 6 09 u„ Stafford —... 90 98 00 00 50 56 lu 8 t3 O Warwick 1 4 8 0 0 1 Wi :t k" 768 I t t S 4 ; 0 6 0 7t; 9 5 6 7.L 8 41u ' W lO B l'er 8011. „ 0 14 16,1 Barnardcastle 12 0 16 09 0 11 07 0 9), - 0 14 11'„' Darlington 126 15.6 0 14 76 0 ,„" ig I ,;', 0); Durham............ 12 0 14 90 19 380 9 6 , 0 0 r,„ 11.! Stanhope 13 0 13 • 00 II) 0, 0 0(4,0)4 Stoekton.---. 13 0 136 00 00 70 0 0 00 00 0' Wolaingham 12 6 IS 8 0 0 0 74) 9 e 0 is° 11n 14 140 ' 11 1 ' t s 16 1 1 0 " s t ( I o 0 n g 1 1 " 1 (1 1 ° an On of t m he ar lit eb in ou t e, BIRTHS. street, daughter of . Mr. Richard Webb Joftiptwins't Carpentere Thurlow Cottage , wandmvor, awing At St. Pancras', John Frederick Churtoo, of j'ys ary- tree , p, o : ki, : : f t'dott nis altti e r r :4 a y n oi l, ll : : n gt i e t i re mt e ed, to siHtg G ebnatrbeyrr ier°lf4 1:tv::11:°17: o tr i I Sophia. B . , : o r Tf o l l : : s ; l e t Sam ue l Cooefhldeein,tijiuednay.uigie:nrie,aoroffNll:been:lll,tiviiliridirket,t,:: of ririxton-place. On the 2d inst., at S t. M Ald ry by the Kew County n it. f Se W lo . p, Si t n o it c h ' it h iaq ." ary, only ices f George Dick' in) Rector of Moreton Corbel. and Vicar °' daughter o WtoniOsnoilthtelielltruheucolt 'ut4ut.lararinial On the 30th ult., at Di of a daugh.er. On the 31st alt., at Clapha►n, Mrs. Joseph RI On the let inst., the la O y n ested at:rd m ay orn ev i e n n t i:g ags e til i te 4 p r o l aFlycling: afir.,ialli:gAir' Thon's' Bennison, of 1) 1 ; On t he ' 23d-17.7eit3De.e-littr,oteni:o'rQt,unr..i.lq,a":orer's Lyon+ of Qu'en' 'lithe, London, in the 55th year of his age. illness, Hannah, the wife of Mr. Samuel Henan), of n ii i i i : 1 : 1 : 1 0 " ; ,5 1 : 1 , On the 2d inst.,, in the lOth year of her Age, Al,i r Y third daughter of Mr. sarnitel Turner, Haymarket. nor On the 30th ult., at the residence of Joseph Abler , % . "I,ltee. West Meon, Hampshire, Mary Anne, daughter of the , e David Jenks, Hector of Aldbury, Hertfordshire. Printed and Published 14 M.-YOUNG, at the SO zc.. 112, Strout